Question 200
An IS-IS L1 area includes multiple ABRs injecting external routes. Observed: A critical prefix from Level 2 appears in one branch with a problematic metric. What operational check best guards against this problem returning?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This control asks for the same recovery evidence (The permitted branch route has stable and correct cost across the area) and flags recurrence of the same failure (A critical prefix from Level 2 appears in one branch with a problematic metric). It targets the underlying issue, route leaking policy and metric adjustment are inconsistent among l1/l2 routers, rather than a different service problem. The exact cadence must be agreed with operations.
Incorrect Answers
The proposed control is tied to attached-bit and default-cost selection ignore intended internal metric planning, typically observed when traffic consistently uses the farther gateway despite the closer one being healthy. Here the target is route leaking policy and metric adjustment are inconsistent among l1/l2 routers; monitor the permitted branch route has stable and correct cost across the area.
It is valid for another service scenario but checks several is-is devices omit recently advertised routes during peak growth. This case instead needs a gate for a critical prefix from level 2 appears in one branch with a problematic metric and evidence that the permitted branch route has stable and correct cost across the area.
This gate monitors a different failure, the backup next hop is not in the routing table despite physical path diversity. It would not detect the current problem: A critical prefix from Level 2 appears in one branch with a problematic metric. The appropriate check requires the permitted branch route has stable and correct cost across the area.